Forward Deployed Strategist
Cygnus Talent - New York, NY
Hiring: Forward Deployed Strategist Company: Cygnus Talent Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 14:05:11 About the job Required Skills: •Own an enterprise AI client account end-to-end — strategy, deployment, adoption, and expansion •Embed directly with client stakeholders — investment teams, operations, audit and advisory leadership, C-suite — to understand how they work and map that into concrete deployment plans •Strategically drive land-and-expand motion — start with one high-value workflow, prove it in production, systematically expand adoption across the organisation •Work in a paired deployment unit with a Forward Deployed Engineer — you scope and own the client relationship, they build and ship the solution •Feed client workflow intelligence, competitive signals, and product gaps back to the founding team — you are the market intelligence function as much as the deployment function •Build the playbook — your deployments become the template for the next client in your vertical •You have either deployed AI into enterprise organisations as a vendor-side operator, or you have owned AI transformation inside a complex enterprise and are now ready to cross to the vendor side. •Archetype 1 — Vendor-side AI deployment operator Compensation: •$160,000 - $250,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!